In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use
The top officials he briefed did not learn that waterboarding had been prosecuted by the United States in war-crimes trials after World War II and was a well-documented favorite of despotic governments since the Spanish Inquisition; one waterboard used under Pol Pot was even on display at the genocide museum in Cambodia. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
Outside of Dick Cheney, I've heard few people really argue that torture does work. Most experts argue it does not. That any information obtained later turns out to be unreliable and a waste of resources. Jon Stewart rather hysterically asked whether, after it hadn't worked the first 5 times that day, they really thought the sixth was going to do the trick.